10 Epic Movie Trailers That Set The Bar Too High

10. Prometheus

Ridley Scott's Alien stands as one of the greatest science fiction films ever made, and it's also regarded as the film that built the director's reputation. After many years away from the genre, Scott announced his return to sci-fi and audiences were instantly excited.

A lot of this came down to the initial teaser trailer. Based on the aesthetic that made the 1979 classic so memorable, the teaser for Prometheus is a slow burn, the title letters slowly flashing on screen to a rising intensity of visuals and music.

As the danger grows more visceral, the soundtrack explodes into an echoing climax; a fantastic method of building suspense. It's a superb trailer that matches the creeping dread seen in Ridley's previous efforts.

In an effort to capture that same tone, audiences expected a flick on par with Alien and all the dread that came with it.

What we got in 2012 wasn't horrible, but it fell very short of the director's pedigree. Prometheus would raise more questions than it answered and subjected characters to some incredibly iffy moments. The constant back n' forth between prequel and quasi-prequel didn't help either, as it messed with fan expectations and timeline placement.